As a platform dedicated to music and artists, our biggest job at Nefarious Supply is keeping an ear locked to the music industry and paying attention to all of the new music coming out week by week. As well as sifting through and finding new and emerging artists to showcase and network with on the platform. And while the job is extremely fun one of the hardest things about it is keeping up with the sheer volume of new music releases as well as new artists that are coming literally everyday so unfortunately, we don’t get a chance to cover everything. With that being said though 2020 was a shitty year low-key with everything else BUT the music that came out this year was some of the best I’ve heard we have heard in a minute. And with this music being the sounds of the start of a new decade we’re pretty excited for what’s to come shortly. With that being said welcome to the first episode of Artist Radar the goal of this is to showcase an artist we feel is extremely underrated especially with the caliber of music they are sharing. Starting us off right let’s take a look at an artist who recently got on our radar Lou Phelps who in our opinion dropped one of the best/understated projects of the year!
If you haven’t heard of Lou Phelps don’t kick yourself in the butt because, to be honest, I had no idea who he was either but if you know who Kaytranada then you are already on the path of learning about the talented artist. Kaytranada’s actual brother Lou Phelps first began his career as Louie P by pairing up with his brother to form the hip-hop duo The Celestics. The two later released their debut project Massively Massive independently in 2011 which built steam and traction. An in May 2014 they went on to release another project titled Supreme Laziness which featured guest appearances from GoldLInk, Dudley Doo, Nana Zen, Costa Joe & ST. Following the release of the project, the artist still worked together but started to build separate brands for themselves selves with Kaytranada releasing his first studio album 99.9% in 2016, and Lou Phelps release his first studio project 001: Experiments in 2017 all of which was produced by Kaytranada.
Following that release both brothers pretty much were locked into their career with Kaytranada focusing on the production side of music and Lou Phelps pushing his self further as an MC. After the release of his first studio project, the talented rapper then went on to release several singles including; Come Inside, Want To (For The Youth), and Miss Phatty. All three of which were a run-up to his sophomore studio release 002/LOVE ME. An even better project 002/LOVE Lou Phelps tapped in with his brother again who serves as executive producer on the project and features guest appearances from Jazz Cartier, JAHKOY, Planet Giza, and Pony. The thing about Lou Phelps is that you can tell that he takes his time with his music, and his craft and career very seriously. Even with his debut solo project Lou’s sound as well lyricism is something that sets him apart from his peers.
After the release of 002/LOVE Lou stayed pretty low-key and dropped one Single in 2019 titled word. which featured production from WONDAGIRL, and is accompanied by an Igal Perets directed the video. A stand-out song with amazing lyrics the video is what really makes the single stand out. Paying homage to pioneers of the industry the video features classic hip-hop video settings and has Lou posing as the stand-in for some of the high caliber project album artwork. The song and video tie everything together and are the quality work that is helping Lou Stand Apart from his peers.
Going into 2020 Lou Phelps raised his caliber again with the release of his third studio album “Extra, Extra!”. This project is one of the most underrated bodies of work for the year. Starting promotion for the project with the release of his single Nike Shoe Box the single gained a lot of traction and following that Lou Phelps formally released the project. A solo album with no guest features Lou Phelps's latest project features production from Kaytranada, LAKIM, Jasper, and ten. lun, and this is his best project to date. Counting in at only 7 tracks Extra, Extra! offers Lou Phelps's point of view on how it feels to join the world of the rich and famous. Some of the best songs on the project include; Party in LA, Smiling, and New Friends. But the whole project is a must listen to especially if you enjoy this caliber of music. Check out Lou Phelps you can follow him on Instagram and be sure to check out his newest project Extra, Extra! which is available on all streaming platforms now!
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